INDIKAAP was founded in 2016 by Michele Mistry, who craved the food culture she grew up with and didn’t see reflected in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town in the Western Cape South Africa.
Michele Mistry, initially studied Ayurvedic nutrition in Kerala-India and is currently studying toward her Ayurveda Practitioner qualification.
She was one of the inaugural tenants at Maker’s Landing a foodie hub at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town South Africa. She now sells her range of shelf stable Vegan food products online.
Her knowledge and experience in the fields of Arts & Design and Communication Science, has primed her to create solutions to problems we face in our contemporary lifestyle.
Her food philosophy is simple:
“Food is an allegory, a poem.
It is the concrete manifestation of lifetimes of experiences, cultural heritage, knowledge and adaptation. It is our story retold through our senses of taste, sound, sight, smell, touch and intuition.
It has the power to heal, integrate and transform. .
Communities are built around a fire and a pot.”
Her food remains, simple and wholesome. She uses Ayurvedic principles in her cooking to balance the doshas, creating a sense of wellbeing that people who eat her food sense, yet may not fully understand.